Rize Province

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rize (Greek: ριζα Riza, meaning "mountain slopes", Georgian: რიზე, Armenian: Ռիզե) is a province of Turkey and is located along the eastern part of the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Trabzon to the west, Bayburt to the south, Erzurum to the southeast, and Artvin to the east. Its capital is Rize.

Rize province is largely rural and is known for its mountain valleys and elevated yaylas (meadows). Within the more remote areas, roads are scarce and electrically powered cable cars are used to transport people and supplies into the mountains.

The province is home to a community of Laz people and Hamsheni Armenians.

From the early 2000s, Rize has seen an increase in visitors from outside the province, particularly those seeking eco-tourism opportunities. Many of these tourists come from Israel or elsewhere within Turkey. Increased tourism has raised concerns among locals that the traditional way of life and the unblemished character of the natural surroundings is under threat. The provincial governor, Enver Salihoglu (as of 2005) has stated his opposition to the expansion of the road network and has advocated a commercial focus on beekeeping, trout farming, and the growing of organic teas (Economist, Aug. 27, 2005).

Contents 1 Districts 2 Sea also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Districts

Rize province is divided into 12 districts (capital district in bold):

• Ardeşen
• Çamlıhemşin
• Çayeli
• Derepazarı
• Fındıklı
• Güneysu
• Hemşin
• İkizdere
• İyidere
• Kalkandere
• Pazar
• Rize

[edit] Sea also

• Kackar

[edit] References

• "How Green Is Their Valley". The Economist. August 27th-September 2nd, 2005.

[edit] External links

• Governor's web site.

	Districts of Rize
Rize | Ardeşen | Çamlıhemşin | Çayeli | Derepazarı | Fındıklı | Güneysu | Hemşin | İkizdere | İyidere | Kalkandere | Pazar

Provinces of Turkey

Adana | Adıyaman | Afyonkarahisar | Ağrı | Aksaray | Amasya | Ankara | Antalya | Ardahan | Artvin | Aydın | Balıkesir | Bartın | Batman | Bayburt | Bilecik | Bingöl | Bitlis | Bolu | Burdur | Bursa | Çanakkale | Çankiri | Çorum | Denizli | Diyarbakır | Düzce | Edirne | Elazığ | Erzincan | Erzurum | Eskişehir | Gaziantep | Giresun | Gümüşhane | Hakkâri | Hatay | Iğdır | Isparta | Istanbul | Izmir | Kahramanmaraş | Karabük | Karaman | Kars | Kastamonu | Kayseri | Kilis | Kırıkkale | Kırklareli | Kırşehir | Kocaeli | Konya | Kütahya | Malatya | Manisa | Mardin | Mersin | Muğla | Muş | Nevşehir | Niğde | Ordu | Osmaniye | Rize | Sakarya | Samsun | Şanlıurfa | Siirt | Sinop | Şırnak | Sivas | Tekirdağ | Tokat | Trabzon | Tunceli | Uşak | Van | Yalova | Yozgat | Zonguldak